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adjective
- 1. coming before something in order, position, or time: "the preceding pages"
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The meaning of PRECEDING is existing, coming, or occurring immediately before in time or place. How to use preceding in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Preceding.
Something is preceding if it comes directly before. The preceding sentence is not so much a definition of the word preceding as a description of it. To cede is to give way, so when you use preceding to describe, say, a person, you’re essentially describing him as the one that just gave way.
Synonyms for PRECEDING: previous, prior, earliest, early, precedent, foregoing, initial, former; Antonyms of PRECEDING: subsequent, following, later, ensuing, after, succeeding, posterior, last.
Definition of preceding adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to be or go before something or someone in time or space: Kofi Annan preceded Ban Ki-moon as the Secretary-General of the UN. It would be helpful if you were to precede the report with an introduction. Synonym. preface formal. Opposites. follow (HAPPEN) succeed (FOLLOW) Fewer examples.
verb (used with object) , pre·ced·ed, pre·ced·ing. to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time. to introduce by something preliminary; preface: to precede one's statement with a qualification.
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precede. verb. /prɪˈsid/. Verb Forms. [transitive, intransitive] precede (somebody/something) to happen before something or come before something or someone in order the years preceding the war His resignation was preceded by weeks of speculation. She preceded me in the job.
You refer to the period of time or the thing immediately before the one that you are talking about as the preceding one.
v.t. to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time. to introduce by something preliminary; preface: to precede one's statement with a qualification. v.i. to go or come before. n. Journalism copy printed at the beginning of a news story presenting late bulletins, editorial notes, or prefatory remarks. Latin praecēdere. See pre -, cede.
